"For My Friend..."

Just about missing

"For My Friend..."

 

“Does the silence ever help?

Can the voice ever fade?

Will the tears ever dry,

...the night say goodbye?”

 

I feel lost sometimes

- really do,

in all the whys and circles -

mind-paced

heart-traced

over and round and

over

again and through

and still I wonder so many whys

ways

reasons found, lost,

given, taken

accepted, thought ...unknown

re-lived.

 

All the questions ever and never answered

...so many

just

reasons -

reasons for the deep circles

my mind has brought into existence

as I listen and listen

to so many echoing heartbeats

- moments now frozen

in time and thought,

place and memory -

existence and

…not.

 

- even mine are a part -

 

Each a calling and calling for a presence

- some that were and others

that had never been.

 

There’s hurt and

pain in sharing

the moments of smiles and

our understandings of

meaning and meanings  both found

and lost

and yet we touched

we touched …you and I

in ways I miss

…again.

 

Laters…

 

Chris

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Matching Socks]

I had to come back. Love this one.

[Patricia]

There is so much emotion in this poem, and the way it is set up makes me read and re-read it, it almost demands it to make its point. It moves fast then all of a sudden it holds you in the moment, just lingering to take it in. Beautiful poetry. :)

[Tennessee]

Maybe we are all lost kid and all miss someone. Sorry kid but hey it has heart an soul, it's real and you wrote it well. It expresses feeling.

[David Scott]

It is always refreshing to read of poet who has felt the same emotions and penned them into words and phrased them into poetry for your to see reflecting back at you...
You have penned a memory for me Chris. This was a pleasure to read.

[sharonlee]

I came back to read again... I didn't comment before.

[Chris]

Sometimes we haven't words...

[sharonlee]

Exactly so,

[Matching Socks]

This was beautiful, heart warming, heart breaking.
Looking forward to reading more of your poems.

[Robbie~xoxo~]

awww This stirs the heart, my dear Chris...

It's the shared beauty of understanding and love, that makes it all the more difficult to let go...

Beautifully displayed memories... A poignant write!~xoxo~:)

[J. J. Nightingale]

I held a hand last night
Yes it was mine..
But it was also another one
flowing softly through
me.

[Chris]

Hi Jazz... it's thought-full of you to pause.

[J. J. Nightingale]

Always ...................♥

[Lyn Anderson]

What a beautiful and moving poem. Missing someone, be they alive or dead or far away, or lost to us in other ways, is always hard. And speaking of always, you always express yourself so clearly and beautifully, it is a pleasure to read your work.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

The loss of a loved one is hard to take, questions arise about why these things happen… this is deeply moving indeed just like Poppy said.